US8747613B2 - Pressure diffuser with less power rating in hydraulic system - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to paper pulp treatment operations and particularly to a pressure diffuser for washing pulp wherein a screen basket is moved by a hydraulic system in a slow stroke at pulp speed and reversed in a fast stroke back to initial position.
- the typical pressure diffuser was designed by Kamyr AB, now known as Metso Fiber Karlstad AB, and was shown already in U.S. Pat. No. 4,944,167.
- a pressure diffuser useful in the paper pulp industry comprises an elongated generally vertically upstanding vessel which mounts an elongated annular screen for vertical movement within the vessel. Pulp under pressure flows into one end of the vessel and into the annular space between the screen and the exterior vessel wall and through an outlet adjacent the other end of the vessel. As the pressurized pulp traverses the height of the vessel, displacement liquid is introduced into the annular chamber by a plurality of vertically spaced header assemblies. The displacement liquid flows generally radially inwardly through the pulp, treating the pulp, and through the screen into the interior of the vessel furnished with a liquid outlet.
- the screen is moved in a slow stroke concurrently with the pulp a limited distance of travel and is then returned quickly in a fast stroke to clean the screen by a combined wiping and back flushing action.
- the different diameters of the upper and lower ends of the screen create filtrate compression and thus back flushing (e.g. see U.S. Pat. No. 4,396,509), during screen movement thus forcing the liquid through the screen holes to back flush the screen.
- pressure diffusers While such pressure diffusers have been used successfully, a drawback of this type of hydraulic system for moving the screen basket is the extensive load on the hydraulic system.
- the pressure diffusers have been delivered in different sizes from 1980 and a total of more than 100 units have been installed world wide.
- Pressure diffusers having a moderate size i.e. pressure diffuser type TD70 with a washing capacity of above 1000 ADMT/24 h, have a total screen basket weight of about 16 ton
- most recent pressure diffusers for pulp mills of higher production capacity for example pressure diffuser type TD140 with a washing capacity of above 2000 ADMT/24 h, have a total screen basket weight of about 40 ton.
- TD70/TD140 amounts to about 4,6 ton and 8,1 ton respectively.
- the typical design pressure for the hydraulic system for a pressure diffuser type TD70 is between 150 and 250 bar. The installed power rating and energy consumption is thus rather high.
- the above-identified drawback is overcome by locating the pulp inlet in the bottom of the vessel, and the hydraulic cylinder with a movable piston inside the hydraulic cylinder is located at the top of the vessel.
- a ring shaped hydraulic chamber, penetrated by said connecting rod is located below the piston of the hydraulic cylinder.
- a full size hydraulic chamber not penetrated by any connecting rod located above the piston of the hydraulic cylinder is also a full size hydraulic chamber not penetrated by any connecting rod located above the piston of the hydraulic cylinder.
- FIG. 1 is a vertical cross-sectional view through the center line of a pressure diffuser according to a prior art design, i.e. the design presently sold by Metso and originally developed by Kamyr AB;
- FIG. 2 is a vertical cross-sectional view through the center line of a pressure diffuser according to another prior art design, i.e. the design presently sold by Andritz INC and originally developed by Kamyr INC; and
- FIG. 3 is a vertical cross-sectional view through the center line of a pressure diffuser according to the invention used to control movement of the screen unit.
- FIGS. 1 and 2 are pressure diffuser shown with a pulp flow (dark-grey flow arrows in figures) direction moving from top to bottom in FIG. 1 or with reversed flow direction as depicted in FIG. 2 .
- FIG. 1 is a pressure diffuser shown with the hydraulic unit arranged at the top, which lifts the screen unit slowly upwardly against the gravity and in parallel with the flow direction of pulp.
- FIG. 1 is a pressure diffuser shown with the hydraulic unit arranged at the top, which lifts the screen unit slowly upwardly against the gravity and in parallel with the flow direction of pulp.
- pressure diffusers comprised of a generally vertically upstanding pressure vessel.
- the vessel is closed except for a pulp inlet 1 adjacent a top or bottom portion of the vessel and a pulp outlet 2 adjacent the opposite end portion of the vessel.
- a pulp inlet 1 adjacent a top or bottom portion of the vessel
- a pulp outlet 2 adjacent the opposite end portion of the vessel.
- discharge scrapers 3 arranged near the outlet.
- the elongated annular screen unit 8 is generally slightly conical in shape and tapers radially inwardly in the pulp feed direction.
- pulp enters the vessel through the pulp inlet 1 and passes downwardly through an annular interior volume defined between the inwardly facing pressure vessel wall and the outwardly facing surface of the screen 8 for flow out of the vessel through pulp outlet 2 .
- a plurality of headers 7 here 10 headers shown, each having an inlet are disposed about the exterior of the vessel wall for adding displacement liquid, i.e. wash liquid WL, in a radial directions trough the pulp bed caught between the inside of the pressure vessel wall and the screen unit surface (light-grey flow arrows in figures).
- displacement liquid i.e. wash liquid WL
- nozzle bores in said wall located substantially circumferentially about the interior volume at each vertical location.
- the screen unit 8 is reciprocal in a generally vertical axial direction, preferably by means of a hydraulic cylinder 61
- the piston 60 of the hydraulic cylinder 61 is connected to the screen unit 8 via a connecting rod 5 that displaces the screen unit 8 in a vertically upward or downward direction as desired.
- the screen in normal operation, the screen conventionally moves in the direction of the flow of pulp and then is rapidly moved against the flow of pulp in order to obtain both back flushing of the screen and reversal to a new start position for a washing stroke.
- the total screen height in the screen unit is indicated with reference sign SH.
- pulp is provided through inlet 1 and into the annular chamber between the pressure vessel wall and screen unit 8 and flows outwardly from the vessel through outlet 2 .
- Displacement liquid WL is introduced through the headers 7 and passes generally radially inwardly through the pulp and then through the outer screen surface of the screen unit 8 where displaced liquid is separated from the pulp and collected in the interior volume within the screen unit 9 .
- Spent displacement liquid FL is removed from the interior volume by an outlet conduit 4 .
- the screen unit 8 is pushed during the wash displacement stroke in the direction of pulp flow, and at a similar speed as the flow of pulp. This is accomplished by the hydraulic cylinder 61 pushing the connection rod 5 into pressure vessel to displace the screen unit 8 concurrent with the pulp flow direction.
- the pulp inlet 1 is located in the bottom of the vessel, and the hydraulic cylinder 61 with a movable piston 60 inside the hydraulic cylinder is located at the top of the vessel.
- the movable piston 60 inside the hydraulic cylinder is connected to the screen 8 via the connecting rod 5 , such that a ring shaped hydraulic chamber penetrated by said connecting rod 5 is located below the piston 60 of the hydraulic cylinder 61 .
- a full size hydraulic chamber not penetrated by any connecting rod is located above the piston of the hydraulic cylinder.
- a single discharge scraper with a central drive shaft as shown in FIGS.
- discharge scrapers 3 a , 3 b located with their drive shafts offset from the center line of the pressure diffuser.
- These discharge scrapers could be installed in numbers of 3 or preferably 4 units, and located at angular positions at 120 respectively 90 degrees apart in the circumferential direction.
- the hydraulic cylinder 61 and the discharge scraper could thus be arranged in the same end of the pressure diffuser.
- the interior of the screen unit 8 be equipped with at least one separating wall 10 , indicated by a dashed line, which could separate the wash filtrate FL into 2 fractions or more, which second fraction could be evacuated by a second wash filtrate outlet 4 b , indicated by dashed lines.
- the inventive concept is installed in a pressure diffuser of the type TD140 (having a washing capacity of 2000 ADMT pulp/24 h), then the main hydraulic cylinder 61 has a diameter of 380 mm, and the connecting rod in the hydraulic cylinder has a diameter of 180 mm.
- the net active force actuating area of the piston in the ring shaped chamber is then only some 879 cm 2 , while the force actuating area of the piston in the full size chamber is 1133 cm 2 .
- the force actuating area of the piston in the full size chamber is thus almost 28% larger than the one in the ring shaped chamber. This dramatically larger force actuating area for the fast stroke, which sets the ultimate requirements for the necessary peak pressure and capacity of hydraulic pumps, could instead be used to choose smaller standard pumps at more modest power ratings.
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US4276167A (en) * | 1979-04-25 | 1981-06-30 | Kamyr Aktiebolag | Diffuser arrangements |
US4396509A (en) | 1980-01-10 | 1983-08-02 | Kamyr Ab | Device for extraction of liquid from suspensions in movement |
US4556494A (en) | 1980-12-04 | 1985-12-03 | Kamyr Aktiebolag | Method of diffusion washing or thickening of pulp |
US4908896A (en) | 1987-11-27 | 1990-03-20 | Kamyr Ab | Backflushing pressure diffuser screens |
US5129119A (en) * | 1991-04-09 | 1992-07-14 | Glentech Inc. | Diffuser efficiency |
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US4276167A (en) * | 1979-04-25 | 1981-06-30 | Kamyr Aktiebolag | Diffuser arrangements |
US4396509A (en) | 1980-01-10 | 1983-08-02 | Kamyr Ab | Device for extraction of liquid from suspensions in movement |
US4556494A (en) | 1980-12-04 | 1985-12-03 | Kamyr Aktiebolag | Method of diffusion washing or thickening of pulp |
US4908896A (en) | 1987-11-27 | 1990-03-20 | Kamyr Ab | Backflushing pressure diffuser screens |
US5129119A (en) * | 1991-04-09 | 1992-07-14 | Glentech Inc. | Diffuser efficiency |
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US20140182802A1 (en) * | 2012-12-31 | 2014-07-03 | Andritz Inc. | Pressure diffuser with an annular baffle screen plate over water inlet |
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